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MARCH 15, 2011 · VOLUME 32 · NUMBER 11
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POLITICAL EDITOR CLANCY DUBOS ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR WILL COVIELLO SPECIAL SECTIONS EDITOR MISSY WILKINSON STAFF WRITER ALEX WOODWARD EDITORIAL ASSISTANT LAUREN LABORDE listingsedit@gambitweekly.com CONTRIBUTING WRITERS JEREMY ALFORD, D. ERIC BOOKHARDT, MEG FARRIS, BRENDA MAITLAND, IAN McNULTY, NOAH BONAPARTE PAIS, DALT WONK CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER CHERYL GERBER INTERNS CARRIE MARKS, MARGUERITE LUCAS, MARTA JEWSON
C’est What?
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Blake Pontchartrain
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Farewell, Carnival
New Orleans know-it-all
News 9 Artists are using “crowdfunding”— micropayments from fans — to finance their projects This week’s heroes and zeroes
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Gambit’s Web poll
Scuttlebutt
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Politics / Clancy DuBos
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Rex Duke™ / Mardi Gras Parade Reviews
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From their lips to your ears Mitch’s mess at City Hall
Gambit’s esteemed parade critic bestows his golden crowns on local krewes
Green Matters
The Lafitte Greenway holdup; an eco-house tour; recycling used grease and more
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A&E News
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Gambit Picks
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Noah Bonaparte Pais / On the Record
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Cuisine
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The Puzzle Page
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A conversation with Parts and Labor
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